Author Archives: Press Partners

By Emran Hossain/The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — As four bloggers in Bangladesh have been arrested in recent days, others in the country’s blogging community worry that they could be next and accuse politicians of trying to suppress people’s freedom to organize and ...

By Emran Hossain/The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — The Bangladeshi government is cracking down on bloggers critical of its pro-Islamist stance, arresting four of these writers in the capital of Dhaka this week. Asif Mohiuddin, 30, is one of those bloggers. ...

Freedom of Speech By Emran Hossain “Catholics are cowards,” reads the sign.  I see it every day on my way home from the Alfred Friendly Press Partners office in Washington D.C. An elderly man stands on Massachusetts Avenue near the ...

By Khalid Khattak/The Wall Street Journal Secretary of State John Kerry, who met Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a Mideast trip last month, is set to meet them again next week. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Mr. Kerry is adding stops in ...

Technology and Transportation By Khalid Khattak Technology is undoubtedly changing lifestyles all over the world. This change is quite visible in the developed countries where people have been benefiting from technology making their lives much easier.   On the other ...

By Waqas Banoori I’ve lived all my life in a country which is less developed and has issues with the economy, security, freedom and democracy. As soon as I entered the United States, I felt entirely in a different state ...